#also i think we should start using racially ambiguous bc for a lot of ppl (bruno mars) they are racially ambiguous
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okay i figured out how to phrase this and its a doozy
disclaimer: no hate towards op, this is a great learning opportunity and the point brought up is something that should be addressed and anyone who wants to know more should read this and this
i just don't agree with the idea that no white passing poc exist, especially bc america’s system of race is too complicated. but what’s not complicated is that one’s race are their physical appearance and how others perceive them.
i’m brownskin, i have a flat and big nose, i have coily and coarse hair, i have big lips. you can assume i’m black and you’d be right lol. mixed people can vary but most of them are lightskin, have looser hair texture, have lighter brown or light eyes, a more prominent nose, smaller lips for the post part. they are mixed.
someone like halsey (based on the tags) is 100% white passing. you wouldn’t know that she was a quadroon if you just saw a picture of her, but people know because she always says she’s mixed. there are no physical similarities between me and ashley besides having textured hair. she and other white passing people would not be called the n word, she wouldn’t be called a representative of her race, she won’t and hasn’t gone through the same experiences as anyone visibly black. she can live in society as a white woman because that’s how she is perceived.
the issue is a lot of people just found out about the word white passing and have been running with it when tbqh i dont think people understand what it means to be of a race. it isn’t pulling out your closest black relative or claiming mixed identity and saying you got black blood (”how you afro latino with no afro”) or claiming because you’re not #fffff with pin straight blonde hair that you’re ethnic because that’s not how it works
#also i think we should start using racially ambiguous bc for a lot of ppl (bruno mars) they are racially ambiguous#a lot of ppl (zendaya) are mixed and sometimes we end up calling her black bc of the one drop rule tbh#those are two descriptors we should start using so yts can get hip and leave white passing alone#i could get into racialization of ethnicities bc thats the real problem#but i dont really deal with that part of critical race theory#i more dip my toes in ap than anything#also like the term was made for and by black ppl so idrk why other races wanna start adding their two cents#also next ask im answering on this my rate is 15 dollars a sentence#talk t me#Anonymous
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why noah centineo is problematic? i rlly don't know nothing
np! tldr; a lot of white privilege. low-key racism. sorta brownface. more like… claiming to be latino and taking latinx roles when he knows he’s not. also he supports logan paul.
also i got a little carried away but also, in addition to being problematic, i really- i don’t get the hype.
1. noah played jesus in the fosters, a role that was explicitly latinx, replacing jake t austin (a puerto rican n argentinian actor (edit: thanks anon)). this is wrong bc noah centineo has no latinx/latine ancestry– and we know this bc he has a fairly in-depth genealogical profile.
shortly after he got the role, he started saying shit like the “I’m Italian, Native American. I believe I have a bit of Puerto Rican in me, and I’m Dutch.” but ethnicelebs says
[source] which is as close as a read as ur going to get. just bc u have brown hair and brown eyes, doesn’t mean you’re latino and you can take roles away from latino actors. of course, his racial ambiguity has profited him, but literally?? it’s rough being a real poc. him pretending to be latinx just so he can get a paycheck and continuing to lie about who he is to keep up appearances is… upsetting when everyone else doesn’t get to wash off our color or cultural experience when we go home.
2. this is just more white privilege, but noah centineo just called logan paul a “beautiful man” and talked about how much logan paul has grown in the face of adversity. (link) bruh. logan paul literally just called by glaad this month for insensitive statements (link). for a bitch who made his fame literally being carried by lana condor’s talented asian ass, you would think noah would understand that its not about the growth. stop patting white ppl on the back for not even being less shitty, but less open about your shittiness.
like im asian so ig i take it hard but watching logan paul in japan literally accessorize with asian bodies, living and dead, was so upsetting. bc like- u know ur not respected, okay? i’m looking online for someone who can put it better than i can and the best one i can find is here (most relevant is 1:30 and on). it just- logan paul doesn’t respect asian people. and to see noah centineo not only just be like… he’s doing better than he was (which is fine imo), but to be literally kiss his feet? like nahhh
look. ofc logan paul can grow from these mistakes.but like. he’s still doing such terrible shit. and for noah centineo like to openly support and view these things as ‘growth’, either he’s really dumb and/or he doesn’t think what logan paul did is wrong.
either way. he has no place in my heart.
3. he also claims to have native american ancestry. this isn’t necessarily reason enough to ban him, as many people genuinely do not understand the basics of tribal identity and think that their great-grandmother or some other distant relation was native. but please read up here about pretendians and the harm they cause to the native american/indigenous community. regardless if you decide to cancel noah centineo or not, please never ever play him as native.
4. on a lighter note, this isn’t even problematic, but its a problem. have you seen his tweets? i have an OUT-OF-BODY experience every time i see him thinking about his tweets. is there a school for pretentious dumb yt boys trying to appeal to a young girl demographic. every musical.ly user does this and we cringe. but noah- noah, this chinless 22 year old yt privilege bih w/ a stunning career that is on the rise (even tho i watched him in tatbilb and he did literally… nothing… like i really i don’t know what the hype is), i… he leaves me breathless. he keeps me up at night, making me wonder why he does these things. who is he tweeting at. no, not even that. who is he, at all. what does he want. what does he gain from vague tweeting like this.
i’ll close with a few of them.
its heartbreaking that you think that your racial ambiguity is something, noah that u can capitalize on when you’re not an ally to asian people, latinos or just poc in general. ur taking our roles and promoting people who don’t treat us the way we deserve to be treated.
if you made it this far, i’m serious, here’s a reminder that i’m not telling you to cancel him. only you should decide if he’s ‘problematic’ enough for you to cancel. i always advocate for people making their own opinions on other’s actions.
however, he’s staying banned on my list, bc … yeah :/
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